A voter initiative focused around redrawing Utah’s legislative and congressional districts in a way that is fair and nonpartisan may be headed to the Nov. 6 ballot after organizers say it received enough public support on petitions.
Utahns for Responsible Government, the group backing the “Better Boundaries” initiative, announced Wednesday it had submitted more than 150,000 county clerk-approved petition signatures before the May 15 deadline. State law requires 113,143 signatures of registered voters scattered around the state to qualify.
In a statement, Utahns for a Responsible Government said the initiative “would create a nonpartisan commission of experts, appointed jointly by the governor and Legislature to draw legislative and congressional maps after the 2020 census.